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tenants want to move in at different times

31-05-2007, 21:52 PM

I have just agreed to rent a house to four people and they are willing to come in on a single AST. However, 3 want to move on 30th June and 1 wants to move on the 17th June. However, the AST must start at the same time for all of them.

What is the best way to handle this ? I did think of a holiday let for the early bird for two weeks or so, but then my insurance doesn't cover holiday lets, has anyone got any alternative suggestions ?

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are the tenants trying to have one over you before they have moved in ???????????

No, I dont think so. The property is currently vacant, needs its gas and elec checks that kind of thing. The tenants are an unrelated group of people who have slightly different moving deadlines, but I want to synchronise them under one AST. I am trying to work out a way of doing this while still accomodating their moving dates. I would charge the early bird a pro-rata portion of the rent, just not sure how to set it up.

It is for the tenant to surrender their lease, and then for the landlord to accept (or not). A s21 notice by itself, and for that matter a tenant leaving as a result of the notice is probably not sufficient to meet the standard required for surrender by operation of law.

This is a bit of an unusual situation and I'm not sure what to do... long story short, my tenant stopped paying their rent in June and has given me several reasons why they couldn't pay. I tried my best to be accommodating, as I thought it's best to do that and try to come to an amicable arrangement...

I've heard that one before.
It's always mistaken.
Any tenant would take care the property they rent, in fact they have to (the property has to be returned in the condition it was given less fair wear and tear otherwise the landlord can claim compensation - regardless of who the tenant is)....

In English law, the principle is, essentially, that the law is what it says, not what was meant.
When you read appeals cases, the amount of time spent looking at definitions and trying to match the precise wording to the precise situation is testament to this.